Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rajaram Vs State of Haryana dated 27/05/2025. By the execution application, the applicant was seeking compliance of the NGT order July 5, 2024 passed in OA No. 735/2024. In the OA, the applicant has raised the grievance in respect of …
The Centre on Thursday said invitation of bids for a 4,000 MW ultra mega power project in Odisha would be deferred for the fourth time on environment issues. It (bids for Odisha UMPP) will get delayed by about a month or so, Union power minister Sushil Kumar Shinde told reporters …
To reduce electricity losses due to outdated technology and theft, the power ministry has sanctioned more than Rs 10,000 crore to modernise grids. Power utilities in 1,400 towns will use the funds to install sophisticated electric meters that constantly monitor an individual’s power consumption; the utilities will also undertake energy …
Rallies Support From End-Users As It Seeks Unrestricted Mining THE coal ministry is reaching out to other ministries to put an end to the exercise of classifying coal fields into
The Union power ministry has favoured the allocation of the bulk of new natural gas output from fields such as those of Reliance Industries to Anil Ambani-run Reliance Power
Till September 6, Gujarat’s Secretariat campus in Gandhinagar boasted the largest installation of solar panels in India. Now it has another distinction— the campus has become home to the country’s first smart grid. A smart grid transmits and distributes electricity using information and communication technology. It helps control electricity use …
Minister of State for Energy (Independent Charge) Rajendra Shukla said that the target of feeder separation and Rajiv Gandhi Rural Electrification Project should be achieved by December 2012. Shukla was reviewing the activities of Madhya Pradesh East Region Electricity Distribution Company at Jabalpur today. During the review Rajiv Gandhi Rural …
Move Aimed At Preventing Environmental Issues From Derailing Projects Subhash Narayan NEW DELHI THE apex planning body for power sector will carry out a fresh survey of power plants that have captive coal mines as it looks to ensure that environment disputes did not derail projects which have made substantial …
NEW DELHI, Aug 25 – The Power Ministers of the North Eastern States have called for roll back of the hike in prices of natural gas in the region to stabilise the pricing of the power. Faced with the prospect of witnessing all its gas power plants turning into economically …
Sanjay Jog / Mumbai August 11, 2010, 1:40 ISTThe Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has advised the Union power ministry to achieve the level of renewable purchase obligation (RPO) by states to 10 per cent by 2015. RPO is the percentage of electricity to be procured from renewable energy sources, …
Virendra Singh Rawat / New Delhi/ Lucknow July 14, 2010, 0:26 IST The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), under the Union Ministry of Power, is conducting an energy audit in large municipalities of Uttar Pradesh. The exercise will cover all government buildings, street ights and sewage system. A databank will …
Even after a technical committee of the government put in a report stating that the 600MW Loharinag Pala dam can be shut down, the government has been unable to take a call on the hydel project on Bhagirathi river in Uttarakhand. The last meeting chaired by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee …
THE Bedabahal (Orissa) ultra mega power project may hit a road block as the captive coal mines linked with the 4,000 MW project now figures in the list of areas prohibited for mining activities by the environment ministry. The impediment came to light just before the July 30 deadline for …
Govt Yet To Clarify Status Of Captive Coal Block Bundled With The 4000 MW Project POWER Finance Corp (PFC), the nodal agency for ultra mega mega power projects (UMPP), has extended by two months the deadline for submitting initial requests for participation in bidding for the Chhattisgarh project, delaying the …
THE coal and power ministries are engaged in a tug of war with the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) over mining rights in forest areas. On May 28, the MoEF released the first set in a series of maps of coalfields superimposed over forests on its website. It …
